Reel 14

Scope and Contents

77 pp.: Proposed organization of WPA workers; proceedings of the 1938 state CIO convention; AFL-CIO competition; AFL criticism of NLRB; AFL support of PMWA; UMWA district presidents; union organization; Kathryn Lewis; FDR; John B. Easton; William Blizzard; Van A. Bittner; William Green.

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59 pp.: Press relations; 1939 state CIO convention; PWOC; educational programs; Workers Alliance of America; John B. Easton; Kathryn Lewis; A.D. Lewis; Ralph Hetzel.

Scope and Contents 86 pp.: CIO organizers and regional directors; UMWA district presidents; organization of WPA workers; national defense mobilization efforts; 1950 state CIO convention; legislative programs; anti-war sentiments; press relations; political activities; educational programs; women's auxiliaries; UMWA union organization; 1940 presidential campaigns of FDR and Wendell Willkie; support for CIO presidency of John L. Lewis; Joseph Angelo; C.F. Davis; Allan S. Haywood; John B. Easton; Kathryn Lewis;...

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40 pp.: CIO organizers and regional directors; union organization; UMWA District 50; Labor Day arrangements; support for UMWA in captive mines dispute; National Defense Mediation Board; Joseph Angelo; Ora E. Gasaway; John B. Easton; Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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31 pp.: UMWA conflict with CIO; UMWA non-payment of per capita to CIO; 1942 state CIO convention; UMWA district presidents; support for UMWA presidency of John L. Lewis; AFL-CIO unity negotiations; John B. Easton; George J. Titler; Philip Murray.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The CIO general files (1935-1955) include correspondence, CIO personnel files, committee files, financial records, and convention files. Subjects covered include organizing drives in rubber, auto, steel, electronics, timbering and shipbuilding industries; the rift between the AFL and CIO; the development of the CIO national staff; national politics; communism in the CIO; competition between the CIO and the UMWA in organizing industrial unions; impact of Taft-Hartley Act; and AFL-CIO merger...